Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-20

GEORGIA.
Work on the Sam Jones Female College
at Cartersyille has been begun.
On Tuesday night snow fell to the depth
OF an inch on the Blue Ridge Mountains,
IN Rabun county.
The Augusta Steamboat Company will
make application to the Supreme Court
Tor a charter at the April term.
The Howard Cement Works near Car.
tersVille turn out 800 barrels OF cement
per day. and employ over 100 persons.
The petition for the establishment Of a
post office al Centreville, and making the
line via Philomath tri-weekly. has been
signed almost to a citizen by the people
OF those two sections.
Rev. j. W. Doming0s, of Perry, has
made virtue of necessity and become
an inventor. His invention is contr-
vance, by means OF which he caslt In his
buggy and "lead" his horse of when he
baiks.
There are on the docket for trial at The
March term of Schley county superior
Court torty-three common law cases,
three bills in equity and forty appeals.
claims and illegalities, as many again
as have ever been returned to one court
since the war.
A citizen of Hawkinsvllle bought a tur-
tie, cut off its head, and had turtle soup
for dinner. The next day an unsuspect-
ing chicken pecked at the mead and was
grabbed, and was not released until the
mouth OF the head OF the cooked turtle was
opened with q knife.
The Brewer place, in East Rome, con-
tanning thirty acres OF valuable suburban
nland, Das just been cold Tor $50 900. H. b.
SParks and }. B. 5. Holmes, OF Rome, and
X. L. Armstrong, Of Birmingham, were
the purchasers. This land was bought
several years ago tor about $4,000.
Six years ago f. K. Howard, Of
Oglethorpe county, bought some property
in Birmingham, Ala, with no intention
OF speculatIng, for $1,000 He has held 1t,
and now that the boom has struck that
town he has q fortune in it, it being re-
ported that he last week refused an offer
OF 100000 for 1t. A IeXin gton gentleman
has recently made $4,000 from about
$4,000 invested in Sheffield, Ala.
At Rome the real estate agents are
doing a pretty fat business now. Lots
and houses are going like hot cakes all
around. X. t. Connally bought of j. A.
Bale about two acres and a half OF the
Chimes properly in East Rome. He paid
Mr.. Bale $500 for the lot, and in about an
hour after be had closed the trade be sold
it to McGhee 81 Co. for 5000, and in ten
minutes they were offered 500 for their
bargain.
hCiC 10 a lALtlc HbkI0 EAl1 III CdIuOuu
who goes up on the side OF the mountain
every day to have talk with an angel
whom sue Gays meets her there and re.
veals to her some OF the things that shall
be hereafter. The latest piece OF informa-
ton is that on the first Saturday in De-
cember next Calhoun will be visited by a
terrible cyclone and earthquake, and
afterward by fire which will consume
all that is lett by the cyclone and earth
quake.
At Lawrenceville the case OF the State
VS.. Thomas Collins, charged with killing
james Ball on Nov. 3, 1884, was begun
Wednesday morning and concluded that
afternoon. The jury retired at about
and remained out till l0o'clock Thursday
morning, returning verdict OF guilty
OF involuntary granddaughter in the osm-
mission Of an unlawful act" The court
sentenced him TO the full extent Of the
statute-three years in the penitentiary,
but the defendant and his counsel are
satisfied.
Ten or twelve years ago, John II. New
ton, OF Athens, went into the goat raising
business, aud believing that the merino
goat would flourish on the hillsides Of
Northeast Georgia better than any other
kiSd, he purchased a large mum Der aud
sent them up TO Mr.. Davis, who has a
very large plantation near Carrahee
Mountain. For time the William goats
nourished and ate the small pebbles and
Shewed tue pine tops at the foot of the
Carrahee. They have wandered TO the
top OF tbs mountain, and made their home
on its side. They are very wild, and 1t Is
matter of iEpossibllity TO get in shoot
ing distance.
Thomas II. Wilson, of Athens, who was
buried on Wednesday, belonged To a re-
markabie family. Three brothers and
two sisters, all unmarried, lived together
= hn 10 MIA hnr
they were reared. From the farm they
rot their living, and managed, besides,
10 set good example to the world by
their quiet. unobtrusive, generous deeds
OF charity. All belonged TO the Presby-
terrain Church, add were leading mem bers
and jealous workers in the faith. Those
who have passed away reached a
good old age, and the Survivors are calm
" awaiting for the summons 10 join their
Kindred across the river.
Tallapoosa Journal The recent visits
of experienced nineraogists have clearly
l demonstrated tie iSct that we make no
y idle boasts OF the rich mineral deposits
lying around Tallapoosa; and yet no
thorough investigation has been made.
Surface indications OF gold NAV be found
almost in every direction, and this lact
leads TO the conclusion that there are
rich veins in cur neigh borhood. The
same may be SAID OF iron, copper and
other valuable minerals. The eyes OF
capitalists are being turned ia this direc-
ton. and we have no doubt immense for
tunes aw ait somebody who has the money
and enterprise to bring 1t TO the surface.
A Dooly county man went to New York
not long ago and only spent one day and
q half in that great city. lie says be liked
the country pretty well, tut there were
100 many people and too much fuss for
him. He relates several very funny inc-
dents OF his trip. Going leisurely along
down Broadway fellow ran up against
him and knocked MIN down. At the same
time the fast walking New Yorker was
piled on the sidewalk from the collision.
Both arose from the pavement at the same
time, and our Dooly friend remarked:
"W hat the ID did you knock me down
for?" And the New Yorker replied
s'What the ID did you knock me down
forr' They skipped off rapidly in oppo-
site directions. He said there were too
! many sharpers after him, so he decided TO
get on the tram and return home at once,
II not sooner.
Adj. Gen. Kell has received the follow.
Ing interesting communication, which
would indicate that the military spirit Is
indeed getting down pretty deep
sc REFNERARO. GA. March S-Mr Ad.